because he was trying to kill us and plot against us. that is the overview. but today we get the details on how the president, president of the united states, and his justice department combined to put together a white paper that justified that attack against anwr al alawaki. >>steve: the white house is relenting. they were going to keep classified, keep secret from the lawmakers on capitol hill exactly what went into the 2010 legal opinion written by the department of justice on the kill of al-alawaki. there was a brew -- brouhaha. at the 11th hour what was released is that two committees -- the house and senate intel committees -- will be allowed to sit in a room and read the paper. they can't take notes. they can bring an aide with them so they can see what went into the decision. >>gretchen: i'm wondering why this is suddenly a topic of discussion. >>brian: john brennan -- >>gretchen: i get that. but they killed al-alawaki three years ago now. i don't remember lawmakers making a humongous stink about this. some libertarians did. to me, it is two issues. i